Best Songs of 2013 – #10
Kicking off the top ten of my favorite 2013 songs is a track my wife discovered using Shazam when she heard it playing over a department store loudspeaker.
She has a knack for knowing instantly that she loves a song. I’m the opposite… it sometimes takes me a three or four listens before I have a clue.
She was drawn instantly to Fitz & The Tantrums’ throwback Hall & Oates vibe, and it didn’t take me too long to realize that she was spot on.
This isn’t a deep or meaningful song, and it doesn’t try to be. It’s fun and pulse-quickening, a flashing neon sign.
Looking at the rest of my top ten, I see a whole lot of the melancholy style I favor. This one is the polar opposite, and all the better for it.
To blow your mind, you know I’ve tried
Them silver lines they cut like blades of glass
Not worth the blood we’ve shed for love
So give it up, start beating, hearts have gone cold
Had enough repeating, it’s all been done before
Give it up, start beating, hearts have gone cold.
Hey now, when we gonna wake up?
But fools gold shines like diamonds in our eyes
Thought we had a million, but baby we got nothing
But fools gold shines like words that make us cry
We just keep on digging, find us something better
For the next time, next time
Something better, for the next time, next time
So maybe I just wasn’t strong enough
To tow the line, make true the lies
The fortune found, now it’s all locked away
We’ve lost the key, how to believe
So give it up, start beating, hearts have gone cold.
Had enough repeating, it’s all been done before
Give it up, start beating, hearts have gone cold.
Hey now, when we gonna wake up?
But fools gold shines like diamonds in our eyes
Thought we had a million, but baby we got nothing
But fools gold shines like words that make us cry
We just keep on digging, find us something better
For the next time, next time
Something better, for the next time, next time
Oh, baby, I just wasn’t good enough
‘Cause, baby, I just wasn’t strong enough
But fools gold shines like diamonds in our eyes
Thought we had a million, but baby we got nothing
But fools gold shines like words that make us cry
We just keep on digging, find us something better
But fools gold shines like diamonds in our eyes
Thought we had a million, but baby we got nothing
But fools gold shines like words that make us cry
We just keep on digging, find us something better
For the next time, next time
Something better for the next time, next time
Something better for the next time, next time
Something better for the next time, next time
Meet Me In Montauk 
I hear the Hall and Oats vibe, but, for me, the electronic/dance production detracts both fron the comparison and my personal enjoment of this song.